(S4E8) This is How We Do It: 3 Researchers & How They Maximise LinkedIn

Research Culture Uncovered

In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? This episode is part of Season 4, which focuses on Researcher Careers.

Ruth Winden, the Careers with Research Consultant at the University of Leeds, is your host for this season.

This episode is about LinkedIn again, but from a different angle. Episode 7 was about how to build a strong LinkedIn profile and how to avoid common mistakes when you create and populate your profile.

But a strong LinkedIn profile is just the beginning.

What you do after you have crafted your profile is the topic of this recording.

In my final episode for the season, I have asked three previous guests to share their approach to gaining traction on LinkedIn:

• Dr Niclas West shares how he uses LinkedIn for job search, and how he has done what many researchers avoid: asking for recommendations for his excellent work.
• Marianne Talbot describes her strategy for sharing news, updates and information that are of interest to her diverse audience, to showcase the breadth of her work and research. Her motto: "Be present and active!"
• Warren Beardall challenges us to think about what we want to gain from LinkedIn, before we dive in and start to post without strategy or plan. Warren gives us insights into why LinkedIn is such a good platform for researchers to create engagement: to seek out (and contribute to) conversations, to be in dialogue beyond our academic circles, to learn and to grow. And, why self-promotion is not the way to find connection with people, but contribution is.

This episode goes from the highly practical (the how tos), to the more fundamental (the why?).

We trust you will find our contributors' perspectives on maximising LinkedIn as researchers and professionals thought-provoking and enriching. If you click on Marianne's, Nic's and Warren's names, the hyperlinks take you straight to their LinkedIn profiles.

Finally, a huge thank you for listening to our podcast!

My season on researcher careers is coming to an end. But I promise, there is more to come! Stay tuned.

Our next season is with Dr Ged Hall, and his focus will be on Research Impact.

Please reach out to me if you have comments or questions! I love a good debate. I'm Ruth Winden on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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